Covering the Sky

Chapter 001: The Bronze Coffin in the Starry Sky

Life is the greatest miracle in the world.

The space extending in all directions is called the universe. Although the universe has substance, there is no fixed place to find it. The time from ancient times to the present is called the cosmos. Although the cosmos is expanding, no one knows where its beginning lies.

In the vast universe and boundless starry sky, many scientists speculate that Earth may be the only source of life.

Human beings are actually very lonely. In the vast sky, although there are billions of stars, it is difficult to find a second planet with life.

However, humans have never given up exploration. Since the last century, many space probes have been launched.

Voyager 2 is an unmanned outer space probe, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 1977.

It carries a gold-plated record themed "A Greeting to the Universe", which contains some popular music and greetings recorded in 55 Earth languages, hoping to be intercepted and received by possible extraterrestrial civilizations one day.

From the 1970s to the present, Voyager 2 has been traveling alone, as small as a dust particle in the vast universe.

Most of the outer space probes of the same era have either malfunctioned or lost signal contact, disappearing forever in the silent universe.

More than 30 years have passed, technology has been continuously developing, and humans have developed more advanced outer space probes. Perhaps in the near future, further progress will be made in the exploration of the starry sky.

But even so, for a long time to come, the new outer space probes will still not be able to catch up with Voyager 2.

Thirty-three years have passed, and Voyager 2 is 14 billion kilometers away from Earth.

At this moment, it has reached the third cosmic velocity, and its orbit can no longer guide it back to the solar system, making it an interstellar spaceship.

In the dark and cold universe, the stars are dotted like sparkling diamonds inlaid on a black curtain.

Although the Voyager 2 space probe is flying at high speed, in the cold and boundless universe, it is like a small mosquito crawling slowly on the dark ground.

More than 30 years later, at this very moment, Voyager 2 made an amazing discovery!

In the silent universe, nine huge corpses lie there quietly...

On May 22, 2010, NASA received a set of mysterious data transmitted back by Voyager 2. After arduous decoding and restoration, they saw an incredible picture.

At this moment, everyone in the main monitoring room of NASA changed their expressions at the same time, and then froze like wooden carvings and clay sculptures. They were shocked beyond measure!

It was a long time before everyone came to their senses, and then the main monitoring room suddenly became boiling.

"God, what did I see?"

"How is this possible? I can't believe it!"

...

Voyager 2 was no longer under guidance and could only move forward. After transmitting this set of mysterious data, it passed through that dark cosmic space in a hurry and sailed to a darker and farther star field.

Because that starry sky is too far away, even though a major discovery was made and a shocking picture was captured, there is nothing humans can do at present.

This set of mysterious information was not made public. And soon after, Voyager 2 malfunctioned and lost signal transmission with Earth.

Perhaps this is the end, but sometimes things are often beyond people's expectations.

Whether it is the observation and exploration of the starry sky, or the scientific research on life and physics, the space station has a unique and superior environment.

Since the Soviet Union first successfully launched a manned space station in 1971, a total of nine space stations have been launched around the world so far.

On June 11, 2010, at this moment, in the International Space Station orbiting the Earth, several astronauts changed their expressions at the same time, their pupils contracting sharply.

Up to now, the existence of gods has long been denied. If anyone still believes, it is only because of spiritual emptiness and looking for a sustenance.

But at this moment, the minds of several elite astronauts were strongly impacted. They saw an incredible picture.

Outside the International Space Station, in the cold and dark universe, nine huge creatures were motionless, as if they had been lying there since ancient times, giving people a feeling of endless desolation and antiquity. They were actually nine dragon corpses!

They were exactly the same as the dragons in ancient myths and legends.

Each dragon corpse was a hundred meters long, as if cast from molten iron, full of a shocking sense of power.

All nine dragon corpses were five-clawed black dragons. Except for the dragon horns, which were crystal clear and shining with purple light, the dragon bodies were entirely black, gleaming with black light, and the scales sparkled with mysterious light in the dark.

Dragons, beings in legends, stand side by side with gods and are above the laws of nature. But with the development of science, who would still believe that dragons really exist?

The minds of several astronauts in the International Space Station were strongly impacted. What they saw in front of them made them feel incredible!

In the silent universe, the cold dragon corpses were like indestructible iron and steel Great Walls, and one could even feel the terrifying power contained in the corpses.

However, they had lost their vitality and rested forever in the cold cosmic space.

"That is..."

After being deeply shocked, the pupils of several elite astronauts contracted sharply again. They saw an even more shocking picture.

Each of the nine dragon corpses was a hundred meters long, and at the end of each was tied a black iron chain as thick as a bowl, connected to the dark cosmic space behind the nine dragon corpses, where a 20-meter-long bronze coffin lay quietly.

The huge chains were forged through thousands of hammer blows, thick, long and strong, with a hint of black light making them look extremely cold.

The bronze coffin was simple and unadorned, with some vague ancient patterns on it, full of the vicissitudes of time. No one knew how many years it had been floating in the universe.

Nine dragons pulling a coffin!

In this dark and cold universe, the nine dragon corpses and the bronze coffin were connected by thick and long black iron chains, which was extremely shocking.

After being stunned by the incredible monitoring screen for a while, several elite astronauts sent out a call signal immediately.

"Calling Earth..."

Chapter 002: Su Wen

"The people of ancient times all lived to be over a hundred years old, yet their movements remained unimpaired." Ye Fan closed *Huangdi Neijing* (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), feeling a deep yearning for the ancient era described in the Su Wen chapter.

There are no detailed or accurate written records of ancient times. For people today, it is a period of ancient history shrouded in endless mystery, evoking boundless reverie.

A gentle breeze stirred, causing the few Chinese parasol trees in the courtyard to sway softly. Their lush branches and leaves rustled, and fresh air blew in from outside the window.

Ye Fan loved reading books of "strange and curious" tales. Brewing a cup of light green tea, he continued to leaf through the ancient text in his hand.

"All ordinary people could live to be over a hundred, with no signs of aging in their movements. What kind of mysterious ancient history was th